Local Winds
Station A
Wind Article Student CopyWind Article
Read the article, and answer the questions.
Click here to hear the article being read.
Be sure to HIGHLIGHT the article where you find the information that helped you answer each question.
Label each highlighted area with the number of the question it helped you answer.
Station B
Specific Heat Capacity
Watch the video, and answer the questions on your "Local Winds Stations" worksheet.
Station C
Heating of Land vs. Water
Watch the video, and answer the questions on your "Local Winds Stations" worksheet. (No sound.)
Station D
Land vs. Sea
Watch this explanation about how land and sea breezes form due to differential heating, and answer the questions on your "Local Winds Stations" worksheet.
Station E
Up, Up, and Away
Click the picture above and click "Login" in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. "Login as a student," then choose "Login with Google". Complete the "Up, Up, and Away - Wind" assignment.
Station F
What is wind?
Watch the video, and answer the questions on your "Local Winds Stations" worksheet.
Station H
Monsoons
Watch the video above about large-scale seasonal land/sea breezes, called monsoons, and answer the questions on your "Local Winds Stations" worksheet.
Station I
Wind Turbines
Click the picture to the left to see an interactive map that shows the locations of more than 64,000 wind turbines in the United States.
Station J
Flocabulary: What is Wind?
Click the picture above to go to the Flocabulary site, use the "Log in with Google" button, and complete the "What is Wind" assignment.
You must achieve 80%+ for each section. Ask Mr. Fulton for a 'reset' for any section you did not score 80% or better.